The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-23
RELIGIOUS AND EpucAnt NAL.

Gods eye is upon his servants IN
the solitudes of the desert as well as
amid the splendors of the palace,
IL don't believe in the existence OF
the devil" We'll. my friend, resist
him while, and you'n believe in it.
The Morarida.
To try to do other work than that to
which God has adapted us, is simply to
break and ruin some of Gods tools
and leave our work undone.
Mr. Whittier is quoted as saying:
"T'is great thing to own little BIT
| of the Lords earth straight up to tho
| heavens. A man feels better for il. v
1t is stated that out of the 1900
| inhabitants of the Samoan islands T.
| 600 are church members and 5000 arc
| candidates for membership. There arc
| 200 native pastors.
| There is complaint at Cornell that
the townspeoplc find the lectures by
distinguished lecturers so attractive
that they take all the best seats in tho
hall to the exclusion Of the students.
| The New York Chinese mission has
between 1900 and 5000 Cclcstials in
its Sunday-schools About sixty have
| Joined the various churches. The iirst
Sunday-school for these people was
founded in New York eighteen years
ago.-Pubiic Opinion
| The total income of Oxford Uni
versity last year was E6i,299. against
f62, JOG, in 1885 A balance of EI,0oi
has been carried forward, rs against
f333 last year. The University's in
come from its estates decreases, but
the increase of fees and dues more than
makes the loss good. Congregational
ist.
TO missionary came the follow
ing reports from schools which he had
organized, of conversions during the
past year: From one school, 16; from
another, 20; from another, 80; from
another, q; from another 81; and from
yet another, 44-making total OF
l76 souls brought to accept Christ in
six Sunday-schools. And yet there
arc those who still ask, DO Sunday
, schools payP"-Chrjstidn al York
: james NJ. Baldwin, A. NJ. Phi. d..
is one of the most successful young in
structors in the country. He was
graduated from Princeton in 1881. He
, has since then been assistant professor
| of modern languages at that institu-
ton. He has just accepted the chair
of metaphysics at the Lake Forest
r University. Thus is one more illnstra-
D ton furnished that this is par excel
s lence the age of young men.
, One college graduating class gave
: humor to its exercises by presenting
$ gifts selected TO typify some trait OF
popularity of its members. The small
est of class presidents was given
a magnifying glass; another member was
c reminded by "A bunch of willows OF .
e disappointment in love; to The class
n poet was presented ''lcavcs OF grass
C in the shape of II freshly cut sod. The
most popular man in the class received
u a beautiful ebony and silver spoon
Robert Hartford Hare. who died re
a Gently in Philadelphia, leaving an es
tate of 100000 concluded his vii
with this paragraph: "As it is know
IS to my acquaintance that have beer
for the past seven years an assiduou
e investigator of spirit communication
e / desire to declare that / shall
'- die with a firm faith in our dear Lore
II and Saviour Jesus Christ, the only be
$. gotten Son of God, and with unshakcl
faith in His Gospel, more especial.
that of st. John, which believe to b.
is the highest authority of ancient times
shall be pleased that my friends, W
c Heyard Drayton and George Blight
e should see to the cremation Of my bod
l. at Brooklyn or in that nefghborhood
v on Long Island. IN y SUM-